People named Sun:

1. Sun Wu

Sun Wu (about 545 BC - about 470 BC), also known as Changqing, was a famous poet in the Spring and Autumn Period of China. A military strategist and statesman, he is honored as the Military Saint or Sun Tzu (Sun Wuzi), also known as the "Sage of Military Strategies". He is known as the "Master of Military Strategies for a Century" and the "Originator of Oriental Military Science". He is a famous historical figure with the surname Sun. "Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger" is Sun Wu's famous saying. Sun Wu wrote thirteen chapters of his masterpiece "The Art of War", which was highly praised by later generations of military strategists. It is known as the "Holy Book of Military Science" and is placed at the top of the "Seven Books of Martial Arts".

2. Sun Quan

Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu (182-May 21, 252), named Zhongmou, was the founder of Sun Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. The surname Sun is famous in Chinese history. historical figures. Sun Quan had great talents, broad strategies, and incomparable bravery. Later generations said that "having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou." In the first year of Huangwu (222 years), Sun Quan was canonized as King of Wu by Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi and established the Kingdom of Wu. In the same year, Liu Bei was defeated in the Battle of Yiling. In the first year of Huanglong (229), he officially proclaimed himself emperor in Wuchang, and the country was named Wu. Soon after, the capital was moved to Jianye.

3. Sun Simiao

Sun Simiao (541-682, controversial), also known as Miaoying Zhenren, Sun Shichang, and Baishan Medicine King. According to legend, Sun Simiao was a descendant of Qu Yuan, a doctor of Chu. He was a famous medical scientist and Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. He was honored as the "King of Medicine" by future generations. Sun Simiao was very smart since he was a child. When he grew up, he began to like the Taoist Lao-Zhuang theory. In the first year of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty (581), seeing the state affairs in trouble, Sun Simiao lived in seclusion in the Zhongnan Mountains of Shaanxi, and gradually gained a high reputation.

4. Sun Bin

Sun Bin (date of birth and death unknown), whose real name is unknown (the Sun family genealogy in Shandong calls him Sun Boling), was a famous military strategist during the Warring States Period and a descendant of Sun Wu. Sun Bin was once a classmate of Pang Juan. He was tortured due to Pang Juan's persecution and became physically disabled. Later, with the help of Qi envoys, he defected to Qi. He was appointed as a military advisor by King Wei of Qi. He assisted Qi general Tian Ji to defeat Pang Juan twice and won the victory. The victories in the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling established Qi's hegemony. Sun Bin wrote "Sun Bin's Art of War", which provides important information for the study of ancient Chinese military thought.

5. Sun Ce

Sun Ce (175-200), courtesy name Bo Fu, was one of the founders of the Wu regime during the Three Kingdoms period. He was the eldest son of Sun Jian, the general who broke the captives, and Sun Quan, the great emperor of Wu. The eldest brother and one of the famous historical figures named Sun. Sun Ce surrendered to Yuan Shu in order to inherit his father Sun Jian's unfinished business. In the second year of Jian'an (197), after Yuan Shu usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Sun Ce broke with Yuan Shu.

In the third year of Jian'an (198), the imperial court appointed Sun Ce as the general against rebellion and was granted the title of Marquis of Wu. At the beginning of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), he unified Jiangdong after capturing Yuzhang County; in April of the same year, just as Sun Ce was preparing to send troops to the north, he was injured by three disciples of Xu Gong while Dantu was hunting, and died soon after. He was only two years old. The sixteen-year-old Jiangdong little bully died young like this. His younger brother Sun Quan took over Sun Ce's power, and after proclaiming himself emperor, Sun Ce was posthumously named King Huan of Changsha.